Bengaluru youth extorts Rs 2.57 crore from girlfriend, held
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Bengaluru youth extorts Rs 2.57 crore from girlfriend, held

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Sleuths of CCB have arrested a youth for blackmailing his 19-year-old girlfriend with private videos and extorting Rs 2.57 crore from her. Girl transfers Rs 1.25 cr from grandma’s bank account He secretly recorded videos and took photos when they were together. Fearing this, the girl transferred Rs 1.25 crore from her grandmother’s bank account to various accounts as suggested by Kumar. According to the FIR, the girl also transferred money to the bank accounts of Kumar’s father and others.

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Bengaluru techie suicide: Wife in jail, her uncle given bail | Probe so far
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6 days, 15 hours ago

Bengaluru techie suicide: Wife in jail, her uncle given bail | Probe so far

Hindustan Times  

The Allahabad High Court on Monday granted anticipatory bail to the uncle of the estranged wife in the Bengaluru techie suicide case. Senior counsel Manish Tiwary, appearing on the behalf of the accused, submitted that the wife, mother-in-law and brother-in-law of the deceased have already been arrested by the Bengaluru City Police and the present anticipatory bail application is being …

Elderly woman in Bengaluru cheated of Rs 1.24 crore in cyber fraud
6 days, 17 hours ago

Elderly woman in Bengaluru cheated of Rs 1.24 crore in cyber fraud

India Today  

An 83-year-old woman from Bengaluru was cheated of Rs 1.24 crore by fraudsters posing as law enforcement officials. The incident, which took place between October and November, came to light when the victim filed a complaint with the city cyber police after growing suspicious of the scammers’ activities. The FIR also detailed the four separate transactions made by the woman …

Karnataka youth falls victim to ‘digital arrest’, scammers take ₹4.7 lakh loan in his name: Report
2 weeks ago

Karnataka youth falls victim to ‘digital arrest’, scammers take ₹4.7 lakh loan in his name: Report

Hindustan Times  

In yet another cybercrime case, a Mysuru youth has alleged that fraudsters tricked him into taking a ₹4.7 lakh loan and held him under "digital arrest" for 24 hours. According to a Times of India report, the victim has filed a complaint with the Cybercrime, Economic Offences, and Narcotics police station, alleging mental harassment as the financial company demands EMI …

Bengaluru man records private videos of girlfriend, extorts Rs 2.57 crore
2 weeks, 2 days ago

Bengaluru man records private videos of girlfriend, extorts Rs 2.57 crore

India Today  

A 22-year-old man was arrested in Bengaluru for allegedly extorting over Rs 2.5 crore from a woman by threatening to circulate her private videos and photos. Fearing the release of her private photos and videos, the woman transferred Rs 2.57 crore to Kumar over several months. Initially, the woman transferred Rs 1.25 crore from her grandmother's account to Kumar's account. …

13 held for swindling elderly of Rs 4.72 crore in digital arrest scam
2 months, 2 weeks ago

13 held for swindling elderly of Rs 4.72 crore in digital arrest scam

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: The Chennai police have arrested 13 people in connection with a digital arrest scam, in which a 72-year-old woman in Abhiramapuram was swindled of Rs 4.72 crore. The caller had threatened the victim that her mobile number and Aadhaar number was being used to open many bank accounts, and cases were registered against her in Mumbai and Delhi Cyber …

Bengaluru: South CEN police arrest three persons running courier scam from Dubai
3 months ago

Bengaluru: South CEN police arrest three persons running courier scam from Dubai

The Hindu  

The South Division cybercrime police managed to crack a courier scam and arrest a gang of three, including one from Dubai, who were trapping gullible people posing as CBI and Mumbai police, threatening them with false drug cases and extorting money in the garb of digital arrest. The racket was unearthed when the Subrmanyapura police, while investigating a similar case …

Bengaluru techie couple loses ₹1.53 crore in investment scam, cops recover ₹1.4 crore: Report
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Bengaluru techie couple loses ₹1.53 crore in investment scam, cops recover ₹1.4 crore: Report

Hindustan Times  

In an exceptional breakthrough, the east division cybercrime police in Bengaluru have dismantled an online investment scam and recovered ₹1.4 crore out of ₹1.53 crore stolen from a Banaswadi-based software engineer couple earlier this year, The Hindu reported. So far this year, out of over 600 cases registered at the east CEN police station, 45 per cent have involved investment …

Bengaluru businessman kidnaps 10-yr-old, demands ₹10-lakh ransom, arrested: Report
6 months ago

Bengaluru businessman kidnaps 10-yr-old, demands ₹10-lakh ransom, arrested: Report

Hindustan Times  

A 23-year-old aspiring businessman has been apprehended by Electronics City police for allegedly kidnapping a 10-year-old boy and demanding a ransom of ₹10 lakh from his parents, the Deccan Herald reported. The accused enticed the 10-year-old with a cake and took him to his residence, where he brandished a knife and instructed the boy to remain quiet until his parents …

Bengaluru woman loses ₹11.2 lakh to man posing as FB friend from UK
6 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru woman loses ₹11.2 lakh to man posing as FB friend from UK

The Hindu  

A woman in Bengaluru was cheated of ₹11.2 lakh by a man who befriended her on Facebook after claiming to be based in the United Kingdom. In her complaint to the West Division cybercrime police, she claimed to have met the accused, who identified himself as Roland James Damian from the U.K., on Facebook on May 24. Four days later, …

How Bengaluru techie lost ₹22.3 lakh in a scam
9 months, 3 weeks ago

How Bengaluru techie lost ₹22.3 lakh in a scam

The Hindu  

The Central Division Cyber Crime Police have registered a cheating case against online fraudsters for cheating a 29-year-old software engineer with a part-time job offer and swindling ₹22.3 lakh. Excited by this, Pallavi decided to make quick money and transferred all her savings and even borrowed money from her friends with an intent to return the money soon after making …

Bengaluru Bitcoin scam: SIT arrests two, including Police Inspector
10 months, 4 weeks ago

Bengaluru Bitcoin scam: SIT arrests two, including Police Inspector

The Hindu  

After six months of investigation into the Bitcoin scam, finally, the Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department has arrested two persons, including a Police Inspector. The arrested have been identified as Prashanth Babu, PI, Technical Support Centre, Adugodi and Santosh Kumar K.S., Chief Executive Officer, GCID Technologies Private Limited, HSR Layout. The SIT on Wednesday, January 24, registered …

Police hunt for man, mom for blackmailing, extorting Bengaluru woman
11 months ago

Police hunt for man, mom for blackmailing, extorting Bengaluru woman

New Indian Express  

The accused started blackmailing Priya in September last year. Only after her family members asked her about the UPI transactions and the gold ornaments she had pledged, she disclosed the whole matter, and then filed a police complaint. In her complaint, the woman said she was at her uncle’s house in Nagasandra when Karthik asked her for money after threatening …

Bengaluru police bust cybercrime network; 84 accounts that received swindled money frozen
1 year, 2 months ago

Bengaluru police bust cybercrime network; 84 accounts that received swindled money frozen

The Hindu  

The Bengaluru police busted a cybercrime network that cheated people by promising huge returns on investments, contacting them through instant messaging apps like WhatsApp and Telegram. These accounts have been flagged in 5,013 similar complaints with the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal from across several States, said city Police Commissioner B. Dayananda on Saturday. As people turned greedy and invested …

Man arrested in Bengaluru for hacking into reward points
1 year, 3 months ago

Man arrested in Bengaluru for hacking into reward points

The Hindu  

The south east cybercrime police of Bengaluru on Tuesday arrested a hacker and recovered ₹4.16 crore worth of valuables which he had stolen after breaching into a rewards system. According to the police, Lakshmipathi would hack the website of the company, in this case Reward-360, and use all the unused reward points to purchase valuables online. A senior police officer …

Bengaluru police arrest hotel employee in Chennai for blackmailing former female colleague with private videos
1 year, 3 months ago

Bengaluru police arrest hotel employee in Chennai for blackmailing former female colleague with private videos

The Hindu  

The South-East Division cyber crime police recently arrested a 26-year-old hotel employee in Chennai on the charge of blackmailing a former female colleague with private videos demanding sexual favours. The accused then came to Chennai and started a job there, and then began to blackmail the victim with private videos demanding sexual favours. He even opened three social media accounts …

Bengaluru cabbie overhears woman's talk with friend, extorts Rs 20 lakh, gold
1 year, 4 months ago

Bengaluru cabbie overhears woman's talk with friend, extorts Rs 20 lakh, gold

India Today  

A 35-year-old cab driver in Bengaluru has been arrested for extorting Rs 20 lakh and gold worth Rs 60 lakh from one of his woman passengers. The cab driver first overheard the woman’s conversation with her friend about her personal problems and went on to hatch a plan to use the information to blackmail her for money. As per the …

Bengaluru parents reunited with teen girl who fled home to pursue shamanism
2 years, 11 months ago

Bengaluru parents reunited with teen girl who fled home to pursue shamanism

India Today  

The 17-year-old girl who left her home in Bengaluru, after being attracted to shamanism, has been traced and rescued from an orphanage in Ahmedabad. WHY SHE FLED In the complaint, her father said that his daughter was depressed over not getting a seat in a good college to pursue a fashion designing course. As per a report by The Times …

Bengaluru man, four associates arrested for posing as police, robbing relative, kidnapping his son
2 years, 11 months ago

Bengaluru man, four associates arrested for posing as police, robbing relative, kidnapping his son

India Today  

Benagluru police on Saturday, January 15, arrested five men for allegedly kidnapping a civil engineer’s son, while conducting a ‘raid’ at his house, posing as police officers. Rohan, the son of the civil engineer’s brother-in-law, hatched the plan to get money for his business venture. On New Year’s eve, the gang, pretending to be police, ‘raided’ Naik’s house, seized valuables …

Bengaluru Bank Official Harassed for Dropping Muslim Female Colleague Home, Two Arrested
3 years, 3 months ago

Bengaluru Bank Official Harassed for Dropping Muslim Female Colleague Home, Two Arrested

News 18  

Two Muslim youths were arrested by Bengaluru police on Sunday for harassing two bank officials. The two men called the woman’s husband and complained about her travelling with a Hindu man to which the husband replied that he was aware of it and knew the colleague. Acting swiftly, @BlrCityPolice has identified and secured two accused persons for assault on a …

Upset 12-year-old Mumbai Girl Sends Threat E-mails to Parents Demanding Lakhs in Extortion Money
4 years, 4 months ago

Upset 12-year-old Mumbai Girl Sends Threat E-mails to Parents Demanding Lakhs in Extortion Money

News 18  

The 12-year-old daughter of a well-placed banker, believing parents were not giving her enough attention, shot off emails to them demanding extortion money running into several lakhs along with threats to kill family members if the amount was not paid, police said on Tuesday. After the banker approached the Borivali police on July 21 to complain about the extortion-threat emails …

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